Honour Killings

There is no honour in murder” (Monday 23, june 2014) both Dexter Dias and Charlotte Praudman claims that the term ”honour killing” is very offencive towards the survivors and women who suffer and are victims of this horiffc crime. The writers claim that estimated 5.000 women annually are ”honourdly” murderd. Dias and Proudman also write that there is no honour in murder and that the downgrading term must change, two examples that they suggest are ”femicide” and ”shame killing”. These two terms does not make any excuses such as ”honour killing”.

The World Health Organization states that globally, about 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. In the Middle East and other parts of the world, planned domestic homicides, or honor killings, are carried out due to the belief of the perpetrators that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community. According to Human Rights Watch, honor killings are generally performed against women for "refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of a sexual assault, seeking a divorce—even from an abusive husband—or committing adultery," or exhibiting behavior perceived to have dishonored the family. In some parts of the world, where there is a strong social expectation for a woman to be a virgin prior to marriage, a bride may be subjected to extreme violence, including an honor killing, if she is deemed not to be a virgin on her wedding night due to the absence of blood. Bride burning or dowry killing is a form of domestic violence in which a newly married woman is killed at home by her husband or husband's family due to their dissatisfaction over the dowry provided by her family. The act is often a result of demands for more or prolonged dowry after the marriage. Dowry violence is most common in South Asia, especially in India. In 2011, the National Crime Records Bureau reported 8,618 dowry

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has seen their share of criticism regarding their view of cultures. The Ayaan Hirsi Ali (AHA) Foundation has taken up a stance to do anything within their power to fight for the rights of women worldwide, specifically pertaining to honor violence. There seems to be serious philosophical tension between the AAA and the AHA. In this paper, I will set out to discuss this tension in three ways. The first thing I will do is to try and present the AAA’s position with as much accuracy and charitability as I can. The second thing I will try to do is to apply the AAA’s stance specifically to honor violence. Lastly, I will argue for my view of the AAA’s position. Hopefully, I will offer a compelling case

The article by Meetoo and Miraz define extreme forms of domestic violence, which often lead to the death of a woman at the hands of her loved ones or community. Interestingly, "honour" only arises as a motivation for murder when religion or ethnic communities are involved. In the article, the author asserts that ethicized women (women of colour and other minorities) who are victims of honour killings are unrecognized in both multicultural discussion and domestic violence discussion. Since 9/11, these women have become much more visible, but unfortunately this increased recognition is due to a heightened sense of fear and danger associated with the idea of a "Muslim alien 'other'". By employing an approach focused more on human rights, people

Honor based violence and domestic violence are two common forms of violence that exist in our world today, and they have for many years (Devaney, 2014; Hague, Gill, & Begikhani, 2013; Olwan, 2013). Honor based violence covers a wide variety of violent acts performed by a male relative that are done in order to preserve family honor (Eshareturi, Lyle, & Morgan, 2014), and this type of violence is associated most often with Middle Eastern nations (Belfrage, Strand, Ekman, Hasselborg, 2012; Olwan, 2013; Standish, 2014). Domestic violence is an umbrella term for a variety of actions such as rape, as well as assaults of both the physical and verbal varieties (Policastro, & Payne, 2013). While the rationale and execution of each of these types of violence varies (Chesler, 2010; Eshareturi et al., 2014), there are underlying similarities that exist among both.

There are times when a person believes that their honor is at stakes. Their honor and pride are something that must not be taken away, and if it does, then it must be taken back. They honor their honor in very serious ways, from keeping it to repaying it, some will even go to the ends of the earth to protect someone else's honor. In Turkey, there is a woman called, Nevin Yildirim, who, after killing a man, brought back her honor. Yildirim, was being raped at gunpoint multiple times throughout the days. She was told to be silent as not only did he threatened to harm her two children, but to reveal pictures that would ruin her and her families honor (Kayali, 2012). It is the womans job to keep the honor in the family or else you are nothing without it. After she found out he

Honour Killing’ is a cultural crime or a cultural tradition prevalent amongst non-Caucasian Societies which perceive women as bearers of family honour. 'Honour Killing ' of women can be defined as acts of murder in which 'a woman is killed for her actual or perceived immoral behavior. Indian cultures are very deep rooted. An honour killing (also called a customary killing) is the murder of a (typically female) family or clan member by one or more fellow (mostly male) family members, in which the perpetrators (and potentially the wider community) believe the victim to have brought dishonour upon the family, clan, or community. Many young people in India have been done to death every year owing to ‘Honour Killings.’ It is because so called honour killings are based on the belief, deeply rooted in Indian cultures, which consider the women as objects and commodities, and not as human beings endowed with dignity and rights. Most honour killings occur in countries like India where the concept of women is considered as a vessel of the family reputation. This paper is an attempt to tackle the very important issue of a cultural crime that is magnifying day by day like a monster untamed. The Khap

One in four girls in India does not live past puberty due to gendercide, according to The Invisible Girl Project. India is one of the countries with the highest gendercide rates. Although many are aware of the violence against females, the majority does not act against it. Those who do act against it do not succeed because it is a problem incorporated in the roots of societal beliefs. Gendercide has been occurring for centuries in India and continues as a cycle of violence against females. Mass killing of females has been proven to only hurt society. The abortion and elimination of females because of cultural discrimination in India continues the cycle of gendercide.

The United States is seen as a land of opportunity where one can move to prosper, and in some cases escape from barbaric cultures. However, some individuals move to the U.S. in hopes of simply finding a safer place for their selves and their families to live, where they can continue to hold their homeland culture and traditions. This fact means that the U.S. is now home to countless religions, cultures, and traditions. While this is one of the things that makes America a beautiful place it has also become one of the factors behind numerous tragedies.

Moral crimes throughout Afghanistan, especially zina, lead to an exceedingly disturbing injustice, which is an honor killing. Zina, also referred to as adultery, is a felony according to the Afghan Penal code, and committing zina can cause someone to receive up to fifteen years in prison or a woman can also be punished by being stoned to death, but “under penal code, a man who is convicted of “honor killings” can be sentenced to no more than two years in prison” (Katzman). An honor killing is defined by the killing of a family member, especially a woman, who has brought dishonor to a family. There is an estimate that “150 cases of honor killings occur annually in Afghanistan… ,[and] fewer than half of them are formally reported, however, and very few end in convictions” (Nordland). The statements made regarding zina and honor killings correspond with one another, but they also differ. If a woman does not commit zina then an honor killing will not take place, but if a woman does commit zina then the woman can either face incarceration or even death from her actions. It seems as if honor killings are far worse than zina, which is true, but according to the Afghan government, zina is worse because women face longer jail time for committing zina, than men who are convicted of honor

Our text uses an honor killing example to further oppose and question cultural relativism. Duran Halitogullari was a rape victim and as a result, her father felt that she, “ had dishonored their family by having been raped. He then exercised what he regarded as his rightful authority…..Such “honor killings” usually go unpunished. That’s because the cultures in which they are committed often regard them as justified. In such cultures, a family’s honor is often dependent on the “purity” of its women. ” (294) This honor killing represented a threat to their pride, dignity, and community standing and deemed unacceptable challenge to their position and thus Duran Halitogullari was killed. Shader-Landau then asks “If morality is in the eye of the beholder, then everyone is seeing things equally well.“

The public display of sexual crimes committed against WSV victims has yet another aspect to compound the consequences of their rape and captivity. The associated media articles, almost always very detailed in nature, arouse issues in regards to the cultural notions of honor. In honor-based societies, such as the Yezidi community and many communities in Nigeria, women and girls carry a heavy burden of upholding the honor of the family, clan and tribe. One way in which honor is lost is through sexual relations outside the context of a family-approved marriage, whether consensual or through rape. The injury of rape among women and girls in an honor based society, is often compounded by violence related to her loss of honor and therefore family status. Honor killings in the Yezidi community have occurred in the past (Hague et al, 2013) and the fear is that not only will girls and women who return from ISIS captivity have the psychological and physical problems associated with sexual assault, but will be shunned or even killed because they are in violation of their community’s cultural standards. Nigerian women and girls are also at risk for so called honor killings and face many of the shame consequences of public shaming and being ostracized from their family and communities following rape (Caprioli et al, 2009).

The practice of honor killings has been a constant issue through much of human history. It entails the killing of family members or other prominent people in society for the purposes of keeping on honor for the victims alleged dishonorable actions. These dishonorable actions which could provoke an honor killing has a wide range. It commonly is done between families over issues over adultery or feuds that in any way dis honor a family. Many of times honor killing victims tend to be women because they are accused of ten times of adultery, which leads them to be the most common group of victims. Honor killings also occur apron political, social and extreme religious factions as well. Even though honors killings to us seem like a medical practice

The Partition of India in 1947 was one of the greatest social upheavals. Massive migrations were chaos as widespread communal violence broke out between the Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities. The abduction of women was one form of such violence. This act of violence against women was not limited to a particular group, every woman was vulnerable to forced removal from their families, sexual violence – rape, mutilation branding, and later, being passed like chattels from one abductor to another. Subsequently, some of these women were forced to marry their abductors and undergo religious conversions. However, this act of violence did not stop during the state’s recovery operations. Rather, some of them would be forcibly recovered, which meant

There are always sets of law in every country, when people do wrong things or break the rule, they will be punished according to the regulation. Therefore, each country has different rules and punishments, which depend on its’ culture. Back to Roman time, there was a rule known as Honor killing and that was the first time honor killing was started. It began with males who retained the right to kill an unmarried female when she had done something related to sexual activities. Honor killing is the murder of a member within the family by the other members. The males often kill the female member as they belief that the female has brought dishonor to the family and the community for many reasons such as engaging sexual activities without marriage. The killing shows the way to save the honor and reputation of the family. In Pakistan, honor killing is known as KARO-KARI. Karo means ‘black male’ and Kari means ‘black female’. Once a woman in the family is known as Kari, family members will consider themselves to be authorized to live are preserved to be chastity, women must be able to follow social restrictive cultural practices which related to women’s status and family honor, such as the practice of purdah and the segregation of genders. Most of the murders relates to inheritance problem, feud setting, or get rid of the wife, for instance in order to re-marry. The researcher would like to discuss the purpose of honor killing in Pakistan, the reasons why are they have honor killing